ATTRIBUTION OF RESPONSIBILITY FOR ALCOHOL-RELATED OFFENSES

The present study examined how individuals attribute responsibility fo r alcohol-related offenses. Subjects were classified into 4 groups bas ed on the type of consequences they received for their alcohol use and were asked to complete 2 measures of causal attributions following ea ch of 2 scenarios which depicted different severities of outcome of al cohol-related offenses. Using a 2-way multiple analysis of variance th e 2x4 repealed-measures design indicated no significant difference bet ween groups based on consequences. A significant difference was found. for severity of outcome suggesting individuals attribute differing re sponsibility based on the outcome of alcohol-related events.